Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-05-12
An IRIsHMAN In CANADA.
Fears of Trouble Prove unnecessary-
O'Brien Receives an Ovation on His
Arrival at Montreal-An Effective and
Telling speech.
MONTREAL. Nav IL.

MONTREAL. May IL.
The Gszette editorially warns O'Brien that
II he insults the governor general ne does il
al hls own risk. Ii says that an insult TO
Lord Londsowne is practically an insult to
the Queen and 10 the people of Canada. The
Canadians are bound TO protect him and
themselves from such insult O'Brien is
assuming serious responsibility. As q
landlord we have nothing to do with Lord
Landsowne. The people of Canada are not
Irish and they have rights that should be re-
spected. We greatly fear that if O'Brien
persists he will provoke feelings of a totally
different order from those which in his rash
design he contemplated. ireland will not be
bene fitted by OBrien's agitation and an in
suit 10 the viceroy on Canadian soil will
surely be followed bv aeplorable compiics
ton.
The Irish population are making great
Preparations to welcome O'Brien. Visitors
will be received by the Irish societies a, the
station and escorted to the ST. Lawrence
Hall, where an sddress Of welcome will be
read. In the evening O'Bsien and kilbride
will deliver addresses in Albert Hall Much
excitement prevails over the fear of counter
demonstration by Orsngemen and the repeti
ton of the riots of 1878 >.
LArER-From the moment that Editor
Central depot at New York until his arrival
here wednesday morning at O'Clock, his
journey was without incident. An immense
crowd was present on the arrival OF the train
in this city and cheered Justify as O'Brien
stepped on the platform. An address of wei
come was read TO him, TO which he replied at
some length There was a tremendous rush
TO shake hands with O'Btieu at the c1nclu-
sion Of his speech, and on his way 10 the
carriages which were in waiting to drive the
party to the hotel, he was nearly lifted off his
feet His first regular speech of the cam
psign will be delivered at a mass meeting in
Albert Hall this evening. So far there is
not only no signs of opposition, but no talk
of it.
Editer O'Brien of the United IrelBnd spoke
to an enthusiastic audience of over 1000 peo-
pie in Albert Hall this evening. The meet
| ing was in charge of the local branch of the
IRISH National League. Many French Cana
dians attended. The name of Lord Lands
owHe was hissed several times but no d, mon
stration was made in or out of the hall
against the premier. O'Brien said he came
to Canada be cause the homes of the poor
people of Luggaccaran, far away in Ireland
are desolate tonight, and because the man
who is responsible for it is here in the high
est post of honor in this great free land. Mr.
Parnell has said he would never beg of the
world tor aims for Irish landordism. We
are now begging, not fer aims, but to enable
us to uproot the whole system of Irish land
lerdism. We do not come here to ask for
| 1000 pounds for charity any more, but ask
you to consider what Lord Landsowne is
making of the 10000 pounds year which
YOU give him or which you enable him to get
and If that De put to bad and inhuman use,
We ask you to convey your censure of Lsrd
Lands0wne, as you have a perfect right to
do. As soon as he will have obtained his
| next batch of lectment DEGREES he will have
made clean sweep OF the property, and ex
cept Lord Lansowne's own baliffs and Great
ures, the whole population will have been
banished and their homes will know them nc
more.
O'Brien described the incidents attending
some of the evictions as follows: An infirm
old woman. aged so and odd years, whose
tottering steps had to be guided out of the
little homestead was put out in the ptles.
storm of hail and snow. The cold March
blast blew around them. The poor creatures
cried bitterly, An old man over 80 was
told to clear out. A delicate mother with a
babe only fortnight old clasped in her arms
stood shvering outside, while the .emer-
| gency men" pitched out her little belongings
! The emergency men were there with sledge
hammers, crowbars, ladders, saws and hatch
els to pull down the houses and smash furn-
iture. During these barharous scenes not a
! blow was struck, nor stone flung, and what
have these people ever done that they should
deserve to be robbed of home and land
Simply sought an abatement in rents-abate.
ments less than Earl Cow per's royal commits.
sion-a landlord commission appointed by
the tory governmen.-declared to be equita
| Bile, less even than the land commission
counts are granting on neiehboring estates
and finally reductions to which Lord Lans-
| owne's own arbitrator, Mr.. DenRing, gave
assent and approval in black and white.
appeal to the people of Canada against Lans-
owne's savage sentence against the whole
| peaceable population. / cali upon you to
| tree the Canadian name from this and lei
Lansowne and the world know that when
Canada stretched out her arm to Ireland i,
was not to wound or subjugate her, but to
| save her.
Tremendous cheering followed the close
of the speech.
O'Brien will speak in Quebec May IL, in
Kingston the 10th, Toronto 18th, Ottawa
the l9lh.
Landsowne was in Toronto today, where
he is being feted and welcomed Many per-
sons here express the opinion that when
O. Bren reaches there and again at Kingston
the Orangemen will try to raise a disturb
| aDce.